Comments on: Reverse engineering silicon logic

By: Mignon

Mignon — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:44:17 +0000

I know next to nothing about this stuff but wonder
if a library of functions could be used to construct,
in effect, an OCR system that would take these images
of the whole circuit and output the program that it
implements.

By: jeri ellsworth

jeri ellsworth — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:21:04 +0000

I completed the challange an I thought the photos were great. Look for diffusion cuts running horizontal and poly gates running mostly vertical. Keep in mind that source and drains can be shared between transistors.

-jer

By: anon

anon — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:06:22 +0000

Hi. Is there a site that has a better diagram of these
transistors that labeled? I’m having some trouble
understanding the one in that post. I think I see the
source,gate, and drain, but they don’t match up with the
transistor symbol. If there is a site that explains them
better, that would be awesome. Thanks.

By: Mindbleach

Mindbleach — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:17:01 +0000

Not only is Flylogic a fascinating read, but their scans make excellent dekstop backgrounds.

… and in Firefox 2.0.0.1, this text box is no longer bounded by the vertical line to its right. I keep typing, and I can see the cursor blinking way off toward the recent comments.